And her name is . . .
Clover. And she’s my new desktop, too. I hope she enjoys the salt lick that Don put out for her yesterday.
Month: September 2008
Reality Check
Politics 24/7. U.S. election; Canadian election (maybe you didn’t know that). CNN, Washington Post. New York Times. Up early. Sitting in our sunroom with my trusty laptop. Thinking about next blog post.Then . . . Don & I have a new friend. She made her first appearance last Saturday, same time, same place. She was back …
Wish I had written this!
I’m a frequent visitor to Mudflats, a must-read blog for the latest on Palin. The blog owner has recently set up a forum, where “Mary from Tn”, a self-described white granny from the Smokey Mountains just posted this. I think it’s brilliant:I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight . . .If you …
Hypocrisy – a distraction
I mentioned in my last post that my next would be about Republican hypocrisy. The hypocrisy takes 2 forms: 1. the hypocrisy of McCain’s selection of a person who is simply unqualified for the office of president, and 2. the hypocrisy of many of Palin’s positions.But since I wrote those words, many have done a …
Jesus: community organizer; Pontius Pilate: governor
Wish I could take credit for the thought. While it has been picked up net-wide, as near as I can figure out, it apparently started with www.metafilter.com/74487/Sarah-Palin-as-McCains-runningmate, by poster “goodnewsfortheinsane.” Nevertheless, it is true.Her bizarre slam on community organizers was but one reason that I was underwhelmed by Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech to the …
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Michael Paul Hynes, 1951-1970. What if . . . .?
Today marks the 38th anniversary of the death of Mike Hynes.Mike was my friend, first lover, and (at least through the lens of a 20-year-old) my life soulmate. He died suddenly and tragically in a swimming accident in the Potomac River, only a couple days after returning to the Washington, DC area after having driven …